Diaspora Engagement Projects in the Health Sector in Africa. International Organization for Migration (IOM) “…Many African countries experience a significant loss of skilled professionals who migrate to Europe, North America and…

Needs Assessment in the Nigerian Education Sector. International Organization for Migration (IOM), Nigeria. May 2014. Description: Statistics from the Central Bank of Nigeria indicate that in 2012 Nigerians living abroad remitted USD…

Remittances to Africa could transform local philanthropy and put the continent on path of self development. Solome Lemma, Africans in the Diaspora (AiD), New York. 7 May 2014 [From: The Guardian Global Development…

What Is The African Diaspora’s Responsibility Towards Africa? From CompareAfrique.com: We asked some of our readers to provide their thoughts on what they thought the African Diaspora’s responsibility towards Africa…

With US$40 billion in annual remittances into Africa, the African diaspora has become the subject of much public policy discussion as a potential source of sustainable supplemental development finance. Eric…

University of London’s Dr. Sebastiana Etzo shares the results of a survey of 55 European-based African diaspora organizations that identified best practices in diaspora development initiatives. At the University of…

By: Anne W. Kamau and Mwangi S. Kimenyi. Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution. January 2013 Editor’s Note: This chapter is part of the 2013 Foresight Africa full report, which details the top priorities for Africa…